Wise Quotations Quotes - Page 5

Watering a dead flower will not bring it back to life.

It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs.

One fish in your net is better than a thousand in the ocean.

They know your face, but not your mind.They understand your words, but not your heart.They hear your name, but not your soul.They grasp your past, but not your future.

A book is a whole world that you can fit into your pocket.

A star on its worst day shines brighter than the moon on its best day.

If you want to double your happiness, pour it into someone else.

It is impossible for love to enter your heart without leaving footprints on your soul.

If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.

The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.

The purpose of education should ultimately be the advancement of the species. And for this to actually happen, the world needs the kind of education by means of which character is formed, strength of the mind is increased and the human intellect is expanded beyond its own limits.

You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.

A seed today is a forest tomorrow.

Falling in love with a woman’s body is lust, with a woman’s mind is sense, with a woman’s heart is virtue, and with a woman’s soul is wisdom.

Clear skies do not promise rain.

Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

The heart is seldom wiser than the mind, but when it is, listen to it.

Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.

If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you.

When you have nothing, be hopeful; when you have little, be grateful; when you have much, be sensible; when you have everything, be humble.

Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.

Learn, because life is ahead of you. Live, because death is before you. Listen, because wisdom is all around you. Love, because God is inside of you.

The sweetest fruits grow at the top of a tree so that only those who deserve them can reach them.

Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them.

Build roads never seen before. Build bridges never existed before. Build a society never lived before. It is all in your hands now.

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.

If you want little, give little; if you want much, give much; if you want all, give all.

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.

If size really mattered, a match wouldn’t be able to set a forest on fire.

Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light.

Don't poison a river whose fish you might need tomorrow.

If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.

The rainbow’s colors are hidden in the storm.

A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.

A virtuous spouse adds years to your life, a wise one adds decades, but a loving one adds an eternity to your life.

To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.

When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.

Seeds are proof that God puts within you what is supposed to enrich the world around you.

If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.

A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea.

Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.

A slip of the foot is better than a slip of the tongue.

Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

Flowers are prettiest where they are watered the most.

A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

One who wishes to cross the ocean first builds a ship.

Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.

Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.

A drop of sense can save you an ocean of tears.

Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.

Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.

A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.

Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.

The wise know much, but pretend to know little; the ignorant know little, but pretend to know much; and the foolish know nothing, but pretend to know all.

We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.

A tree fears an axe even though its handle is made from it.